Liminal
Memory Rounds the Corners
/ The Space Between Information and Understanding
The User Illusion
Sometimes within the course of a design process I find a point where all the parts of a project seem to fall into place and a solution becomes clear. A space within our consciousness where information morphs into meaning. This space can be pregnant with meaning and potential but it can also contain a sense of tension as one state is destroyed to create the next.
The liminal moment doesn’t happen with every project. It does not predispose success. But it does happen. And when it does, it is different. A space where success and failure have an equal footing. A space which is pre-context, pre-meaning, and pre-design. With this project I hope to articulate the idea of the liminal space and to orchestrate this moment of tension. I hope to represent the character of the space and in so doing attempt to elongate what is primarily a fleeting moment.
/ Place
Every city that I’ve ever spent at least one night in. Extruded and collapsed on itself.
/ Home
Every city block in San Francisco.
/ Time
Each of my school portraits, grades K–12. Using 256 colors. Arranged in sizes based on my memory of the year.
/ Delay
It takes approximately .05 seconds for our brains to process the information from our senses.
/ Dad
Half of a portrait of my parents. Rendered in 26 colors. Two very different people who share similar colors.
/ Mom
Half of a portrait of my parents. Rendered in 26 colors. Two very different people who share similar colors.
/ The Bill of Rights
The US Bill of Rights. Enumerating our rights in the name of “Freedom.” Typed with an alphabet of 26 colors.
/ The Patriot Act
Our country’s reaction to 9/11. Negating certain rights in the name of “Security.” Typed with an alphabet of 26 colors.
/ Escape
Direct flights from each of the three cities that I grew up in.
/ Structure
The hierarchy of every page from the book “The User Illusion” by Tor Norretranders.
